Built-in shower sprays



Aug. 15, 1961 MGGRAW O'BRIEN ET AL 2,995,760

BUILTIN SHOWER SPRAYS Original Filed Aug; 26,

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2,995,760 BUILT-IN SHOWER SPRAYS Lois McGi-aw OBrien, 606 Homewood Drive, Pittsburgh 35, Pa., and William Werder, 221 Farnsworth Rd., Turtle Creek, Pa.

Original application Aug. 26, 1954, Ser. No. 452,258,

now Patent No. 2,812,518, dated Nov. 12, 1957. Divided and this application Sept. 25, 1957, Ser. No.

2 Claims. -01. 4-177 This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shower sprays for foot or infant bathing and for use in wading pools and the like, and it is among the objects thereof to provide a miniature foot or body bathing tub or container having a peripheral shower fountain and which shall be adapted to be self-supporting on legs or feet or to be suspended on supporting brackets. This application is a division of our application serially numbered 452,258, filed August 26, 1954, which has matured as Patent No. 2,812,518, granted November 12, 1957.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a self- :ontained bathing implement having a cover secured thereto which shall be adapted to be fastened by snaps to form a seat for supporting an infant when not in use as a shower or tub device.

It is still a further object of the invention to provide a shower sprinkler in the periphery of a bathing device and which is especially adapted for use in plastic wading pools and the like. These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent from the accompanying drawing constituting a part hereof, in which like reference characters designate like parts, and in which FIG. 1 is a front elevational view, partly in section, of a bathtub, partially cut away, and a shower bathing implement embodying the principles of this invention;

FIG. 2, a transverse section, partially in elevation, of the structure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view in perspective of a mounting bracket for mounting the shower implement on a bathtub;

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view of the bracket of FIG. 3 with a flap or seat attachment;

FIG. is a side elevational View of the shower implement;

FIG. 6, a top plan view of a wading pool illustrating a form of my invention; and

FIG. 7, a cross sectional view taken along the line 77 of FIG. 6.

With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 of the drawing, the numerals l and 2 designate inflatable plastic tubes joined by a sprinkler tube 3 which may be made of a more solid non-inflatable type of plastic material, the tubes 1, 2 and 5 being of circular form, as shown in FIG. 6.

The sprinkler tube 3 is provided with a hose connection 4 leading to a source of water supply such as a lawn hose, and the inner periphery of the tube 3 is provided with a series of perforations 5 through which the water is sprayed to the interior of the wading pool of FIG. 6 to afford a pleasing and attractive shower 5 for children playing in the pool when the pool is placed on a lawn or other supporting area. An overflow outlet 5a may be provided to maintain the water level below the spray openings 5.

Instead of the inflatable tubular members 1 and 2 of FIG. 7, such members may be straight walls and selfsustaining or they may be of circular or rectangular hollow shape to form a solid wall.

One form of the solid structure is shown in FIGS. 1, 2. and 5 of the drawing and consists of a metal, rubber or hard plastic container 6 having feet 7 for supporting it on a floor such as shown in FIG. 5. The container 6 ited States Patent 0 is provided with a conduit portion 8 having perforations 9 on the inner wall of the container which constitutes a shower that is supplied by water through a hose connection 10 that may be attached to a water faucet or spigot 11, as shown in FIG. -1. The bottom of the container is provided with a drain outlet 12 with a hose connection 13 that empties into the drain such as the drain 1 4- of a tub generally designated by the numeral 15.

The container 6 may be supported on the tub for infant bathing by means of a bracket 16 shown in FIG. 3, having side and end pieces, the side pieces being shaped at 17 to conform to the edge of the tub 15, as shown in FIG. 2, and the other end of the side pieces may terminate in offset portions 18 that rest against the wall edge of the tub, as shown at 19 in FIG. 2.

When used as a foot shower, as shown in FIG. 5, the bracket 16 is not employed, but when used for infant bathing or showering, as in FIG. 1, the bracket 16 adeq-uately supports the foot tub 6 across the bathtub as is shown.

A plastic or canvas cover piece 20 may be attached to the tub 6 or to the bracket 16 as desired. In the form shown in FIG. 1, it is attached by snaps to buttons shown in dotted line at 21 and is provided with a handle 22 at the loose end thereof and flaps 23 with snap buttons 24 that can be snapped onto button 25 provided on the periphery of the tub, as shown in FIG. 2. When thus snapped in position, the entire tub may be removed by lifting the grip 22.

The flap or cover 22, when closed on the tub, serves as a table or support for an infant for drying and powdering purposes and instead of having the flap or cover 20 disposed transversely of the tub, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, it may be fastened to the bracket 16 and extended from the foot of tub 6 to the end wall 26 of the bathtub to be used as a table as desired.

It is evident from the foregoing description of this invention that foot showers, wading pools and infant tubs can be constructed in a simple and inexpensive manner for infant bathing and for adult foot bathing.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the principles herein set forth.

We claim:

1. A combined sprinkling and bathing device comprising a pair of superposed inflatable tubes forming the side wall of a wading pool, a conduit disposed between said tubes co-extensive with the tubes, a bottom portion or floor sealed with the lower inflatable tube member to constitute the bottom wall of a wading pool, said conduit having perforations on the inner periphery thereof and having a hose connection on the exterior for providing a spray of water around the entire periphery of the wall section flowing towards the center of the wading pool, and means for withdrawing water accumulating below the perforations in said container at a rate to maintain the water level below said perforations.

2. A combined sprinkling and bathing device comprising a pair of superposed inflatable tubes forming the side wall of a wading pool, a conduit disposed between said tubes co-extensive with the tubes, a bottom portion or floor sealed with the lower inflatable tube member to constitute the bottom wall of a wading pool, said conduit having perforations on the inner wall thereof exposed to the interior of the wading pool to form a peripheral spray and having an external hose connection for a source of water supply, and an overflow outlet in the wall of said wading pool below said conduit to maintain the water level below the perforations of said conduit.

References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 0 755,747 Coile Mar. 29, 1904 863,825 Acker Aug. 20, 1907 1,284,139

Ponic Nov. 5, 1918 

